Don't take these spaces

When it comes to inconsiderate drivers, it is hard to beat those perfectly healthy, able-bodied individuals who for some unknown reason think their vehicle is entitled to occupy a parking space reserved for the handicapped.

I'm sure these same self-proclaimed privileged patrons of the road would be the first to complain if a legally handicapped member of their own family was denied a parking space because of this same type of insensitive behavior from another driver.

Then there is the person who is driving a vehicle with a valid handicap tag but is not handicapped, and the person who qualified for the handicap tag is not in the vehicle. Did this driver actually think that handicapped parking privileges were automatically transferred to them?

My father was confined to a wheelchair for the last several years of his life, and I assure you, as a family member of a handicapped person, it is extremely frustrating to see non-handicap vehicles parked in these spaces. Especially when your vehicle is a van with a wheelchair lift that requires added space for loading and unloading.

Hopefully these insensitive drivers will never find themselves in a position to legally qualify for a handicap tag.

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